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  • Class: Amphibia
    • Order: Anura
      • Family: Ascaphidae
        • Genus: Ascaphus
          • Species: Ascaphus montanus Mittleman and Myers, 1949
            • Synonym: Ascaphus montanus — Nielson, Lohman, and Sullivan, 2001
      • Family: Bufonidae
        • Genus: Anaxyrus
          • Species: Anaxyrus baxteri (Porter, 1968)
            • Synonym: Bufo hemiophrys baxteri Porter, 1968
          • Species: Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886)
            • Synonym: Bufo hemiophrys hemiophrys — Porter, 1968
    • Order: Caudata Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
      • Synonym: Ambystomatoidea Regal, 1966
      • Synonym: Amphiumoidea Regal, 1966
      • Synonym: Salamandroidea Regal, 1966
      • Family: Ambystomatidae
        • Genus: Ambystoma
          • Species: Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850
            • Synonym: Ambystoma mavortium — Shaffer and McKnight, 1996
        • Genus: Dicamptodon
          • Species: Dicamptodon tenebrosus (Baird and Girard, 1852)
            • Synonym: Dicamptodon tenebrosus — Good, 1989
      • Family: Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1826
        • Synonym: Cryptobranchinae — Regal, 1966
      • Family: Hynobiidae Cope, 1859
        • Synonym: Hynobiinae — Regal, 1966
      • Family: Plethodontidae
        • Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856
          • Synonym: Bolitoglossinae — Chippindale, Bonett, Baldwin, and Wiens, 2004
          • Synonym: Hemidactyliinae — Chippindale, Bonett, Baldwin, and Wiens, 2004
        • Subfamily: Plethodontinae
          • Genus: Desmognathus
            • Species: Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927
              • Synonym: Desmognathus imitator — Tilley, Merritt, Wu, and Highton, 1978
          • Genus: Plethodon
            • Species: Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912
              • Synonym: Plethodon shermani clemsonae — Hairston and Pope, 1948
            • Species: Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944
              • Synonym: Plethodon serratus — Highton and Webster, 1976
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